US5257696AExpiredUtility
Mirrored lipstick container
Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Jul 15, 1992Filed: Jul 15, 1992Granted: Nov 2, 1993
Est. expiryJul 15, 2012(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Karen Greene
A45D 42/02A45D 40/18
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PatentIndex Score
37
Cited by
16
References
4
Claims
Abstract
A lipstick container includes a lipstick tube having a cover, with the cover including a lid arranged for selective exposure of a mirrored surface below the lid. The invention is further arranged to include at least one mirrored member mounted longitudinally to the exterior surface of the cover. A modification of the invention includes the cover tube side wall mirror having further mirror members hingedly mounted thereto for enhanced viewing during lipstick application.
Claims
exact text as granted — not AI-modifiedWhat is claimed as being new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:
1. A mirrored lipstick container, comprising, a cylindrical base housing, the cylindrical base housing including a base housing extension tube, with a lipstick tube mounted within the extension tube, a cover tube removably mounted relative to the cylindrical base housing and the extension tube, with the cover tube coaxially aligned about a body axis, with the cover tube having a mirrored end wall, a spring hinge mounted to the cover tube adjacent the end wall, and a lid mounted to the spring hinge, with the lid biased in contiguous communication with the end wall in a first position and displaced relative to the end wall in a second position, the lid includes a convex mirrored surface for visual exaggeration, the cover tube includes a cover tube polygonal body portion coaxially aligned along the body axis, and the polygonal body portion including a first mirror plate arranged parallel to the body axis mounted to an exterior surface of the polygonal body portion, and the polygonal body portion includes a second mirror plate and a third mirror plate positioned on opposed sides of the first mirror plate.
2. A container as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cover tube includes a cover tube first cylindrical body portion and a cover tube second cylindrical body portion coaxially aligned along the body axis on opposed ends of the polygonal body portion, with the first mirror plate, the second mirror plate, and the third mirror plate positioned between the first cylindrical body portion and the second cylindrical body portion.
3. A container as set forth in claim 2 wherein the first cylindrical body portion includes a first cylindrical body portion end wall, the second cylindrical body portion includes a second cylindrical body portion end wall, wherein the first cylindrical body portion end wall and the second cylindrical body portion end wall are arranged in a confronting parallel relationship relative to one another, the second mirror plate includes a second mirror plate pivot axle, the third mirror plate includes a third mirror plate pivot axle, wherein the second mirror plate pivot axle and the third mirror plate pivot axle are arranged parallel relative to one another and directed into the first cylindrical body portion end wall pivotally mounting the second mirror plate and the third mirror plate relative to the first mirror plate to a first position, wherein the first mirror plate, the second mirror plate, and the third mirror plate are coplanar and permit displacement of the second mirror plate and third mirror plate to a second position, wherein the second mirror plate and the third mirror plate are arranged at an angular orientation relative to the first mirror plate.
4. A container as set forth in claim 3 including a slide ring mounted to the second cylindrical body portion, the slide ring having a slide ring first pin and a slide ring second pin arranged parallel relative to one another, and the second mirror plate includes a second mirror plate spring hinge mounted between the second mirror plate and the first mirror plate, and the third mirror plate includes a third mirror plate spring hinge mounted between the third mirror plate and the first mirror plate, wherein the first pin and the second pin are positioned below the second mirror plate and the third mirror plate in the first position and positioned above the second mirror plate and the third mirror plate in the second position.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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